Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, 1933-1945

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 238 pages
Elected an unprecedented four times to the presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through some of the most dramatic and trying foreign and domestic episodes in its history. Coming to power in the throws of a crippling depression, Roosevelt quickly found himself having to juggle the need for tremendous domestic revitalization in a world menaced by burgeoning aggressor states. In Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, noted historians Justus D. Doenecke and Mark A. Stoler offer differing perspectives on the Roosevelt years, finding disparate meanings from common data.

Finding Roosevelt astute at choosing the most effective option of those available, Stoler generally defends FDR's policies against their traditional critics. Conversely, Doenecke emphasizes a dangerous shallowness and superficiality in FDR's approach to foreign affairs, particularly in his first two terms. The contrary viewpoints of the authors, supplemented by carefully chosen documents, provide an ideal introduction allowing readers to examine the issues and draw their own conclusions about Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy.

 

Contents

Roosevelt to William Phillips Acting Secretary of State
93
Memorandum on Neutrality by R Walton Moore Assistant Secretary of State August 27 1935
95
President Franklin D Roosevelts Quarantine Speech October 5 1937
100
The Atlantic Charter August 14 1941 White House News Release
104
War on Submarines Radio Address by President Roosevelt September 11 1941
106
Transcription of Press Conference at Casablanca January 24 1943
109
Flawed but Superior to the Competition
113
the Neutrality Acts 19351939
187
President Roosevelts War Message December 8 1941
196
The Teheran Conference Minutes November 2930 1943
198
The ChurchillRoosevelt Agreement on Atomic Energy September 18 1944
205
The Yalta Protocol of Proceedings 1945
206
Roosevelts Messages to Stalin and Churchill 1945
214
Bibliography
217
Index
223
About the Authors
237

President Franklin D Roosevelts Proposal for LendLease Aid to Great Britain December 17 and 29 1940
191

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About the author (2005)

Justus D. Doenecke is professor of history at the New College of University of South Florida.